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1. 1. Ron Botting - BMS

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   Published on: 6/20/2001   Last Visited: 6/20/2001

   From Switch Room To Boardroom - An Interview with Ron Botting of BMS Communication Ron Botting - BMS
   
   TMC's Telecom Advisor VOL. 11 NO. 2- Summer 1998 - © TMC
   
   From Switch Room To Board Room
   
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   Forty-one year old Ron Botting is the Vice President and General Manager of BMS Communications Services , a company that has 20 years of experience in the telecommunications market in BC , across Canada and internationally. Through constant reading and upgrading , Ron has acquired strong management and financial skills , which have allowed him to keep a close eye on the bottom line , and to plan for future growth , while at the same time to keep up-to-date technologically. BMS's parent company --LeBLANC-- has recently recognized these attributes by appointing him President of the Network Services Division , with responsibilities for all network services in Canada and the USA.
   
   Ron Botting began his career in the field services group of Lenkurt Electric in 1974 , installing and commissioning microwave and multiplex transmission equipment all over Canada and the Middle East , later moving into the engineering services department. In 1982 , he joined a group of ex-Lenkurt transmission specialists who had formed BMS Communications a year earlier , to enter the telephone interconnect market. Opportunities had opened up as a result of the first hesitant steps in deregulation of the telco monopoly in PBX and key systems. Early into the development of BMS , Ron was appointed Operations Manager.
   
   By 1984 , BMS had branched out into full EF&I ( Engineer , Furnish & Install ) activities , adding microwave and multiplex installation and commissioning service across Canada , in the U.S. and overseas , including Saudia Arabia. In 1985 , due to further deregulation , the cellular radio market opened and BMS secured contracts with Cantel to install cellular switches all over Canada , as well as the microwave backhauls to tie the switches together.
   
   In early 1991 , BMS was acquired by LeBLANC & Royle of Toronto , who manufacture towers and structural components for PCS , Cellular , Microwave and Broadcast Radio systems in Canada and in the United States. Ron was appointed Vice-President and General Manager of BMS in 1994. In early 1998 , LeBLANC reorganized into three Divisions : Network Services , Communications Systems , and Broadcast. Ron is now President of LeBLANC Network Services Division which includes BMS and the Canadian and U.S. technical groups involved in the engineering , technical and maintenance services to the Wireless , Cellular , PCS , and Data Networking Industries.
   
   Questions and Answers
   
   Advisor : You indicated that BMS has over 120 staff. How is it organized.
   
   RB : Our staff is about equally split between voice , data and video services.
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   Driving away after the interview , we mused that Ron Botting had truly made the difficult conversion from being solely a technical person to being a seasoned management executive , able to motivate and lead people , who had learned the fine art of delegating authority while retaining responsibility. Obviously the LeBLANC Group thought so too.
   
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2. 2. Onex acquisition article in 'Business in Vancouver' Newspaper

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   Published on: 2/13/2001   Last Visited: 2/9/2003

   BMS's Ron Botting
   
   Two Vancouver telecommunications companies expect rapid growth in the years ahead after being bought by a $20-billion-a-year conglomerate.
   
   Ontario's Onex Corp., well known for its aborted takeover attempt of Air Canada in 1999, paid $70 million for a 79-per-cent ownership interest in sister companies BMS Communications and LeBlanc Ltd.
   
   Former parent company LeBlanc & Royle Enterprises Inc. of Ontario retains a minority ownership of the two companies.
   
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   BMS president Ron Botting said his company looks forward to the leverage Onex will bring.
   
   "Certainly the relationship is going to provide funding to take us to the next level of growth," he added.
   
   BMS and LeBlanc Ltd. together have approximately 700 employees and combined annual revenue of $150 million. Of that total, BMS has approximately 300 employees and its 2000 revenue was $34 million.
   
   The two companies will be combined to one operating unit and rebranded in coming weeks, said Botting.
   
   Onex promises to maintain the existing management of the two companies, but has brought in two former Bell Canada executives to oversee the merged operations.
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   Botting has been asked to stay on as president of the merged company's wireless division and in-building technology division.
   
   Vancouver businesses are likely to be most familiar with BMS through its voice, data and video network services, said BMS president Botting.
   
   Those operations are localized to B.C. and account for only about 30 per cent of BMS's business, said Botting. The majority of its operations are devoted to setting up and maintaining wireless communications systems, which BMS does through offices in Seattle, Sacramento and Vancouver.
   
   Neither Onex nor BMS would comment on any specific expansion plans, but Botting described expansion plans as "bullish" and said that the company will grow through mergers and acquisitions and through in-house training and recruiting.
   
   "Our objective is to build the company significantly in Canada and hopefully in time outside of Canada," said Onex vice-president Sheiner.
   
   The takeover deal, announced in mid-January, closed on February 7.
   
   Onex Corp. is a diversified company with annual consolidated revenues of $20 billion, consolidated assets of $19 billion and 83,000 employees.